Sunday, June 25, 2017

Understanding Language

Our
brain works in mysterious ways. We do things all the time and do not even
realize that we are doing it. When people talk to us we can visualize their
face even though we have not seen their face yet. Even when we see a familiar
person face we can hear what their voice sounds like. We can recognize sounds familiar
sounds all the time. Whether a person can hear and not see or vice versa there
is always a way to communicate and understand.

People
can also recognize language through lip reading. When it is difficult to make
out what a person is saying because they are talking to fast or to low lip
reading can help make out some words. Since I work at a daycare my coworkers and
I practice lip reading often. If we do not want the kids to hear us talking
about a certain toy or their parents, we will mouth out words to communicate to
each other. This way we do not upset the children.

3 comments:

I agree, I am bilingual so whenever my coworkers and I communicate through lip reading I can tell whether it is in Spanish or English by the way they mouth their words. Like I can almost tell what they are going to say. I find this super interesting and I'd like to learn more about it.

Gabby, I entirely agree that I find myself looking at people's lips to help better understand what they're saying. Last summer I worked as a server in a restaurant that was always so busy and loud from the echoes that were a result of the high ceilings. While taking orders, I would be sure to look at the lip's of the person who was ordering rather than sticking my ear in their face because sometimes that wasn't even an effective way of hearing the person. Definitely a cool topic!

Perception

The psychology of Perception involves the interaction of our senses and our conscious mind. Perception is involved in every aspect of our lives as we make decisions and judgments based on what we experience. If you study diligently you will leave this course with a broad understanding of sensation and perception. From this general understanding you will be able to further investigate areas of interest by means of literature review and research on specific topics.